Instacart will pay shoppers to take videos of store shelves

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Instacart is introducing a new way for shoppers to make money: taking videos of store shelves “one aisle at a time.” The new earning opportunity, called Store View, will allow Instacart to determine which products are available, as well as which ones are out of stock. Instacart says Store View will also help its predictive models estimate when a store will restock a particular product. “If you place an order at night for early next-day delivery, we can predict whether the item is likely to be back on the shelves when the store reopens, and then verify that information in the morning,” Instacart explains. Instacart confirmed it was testing this feature earlier this year. The company will launch Store View with select retailers in the coming weeks, but plans to bring it to more stores in the US and Canada during 2025. In the future, Insta ... Read full article.